John Oliver’s recent Last Week Tonight exposé on Rudy Giuliani demonstrates just how easy it is to register a domain that can be used to punk (or do worse damage) to an individual or brand. You’ll likely never inspire Giuliani-levels of dislike, but Oliver’s piece is a good reminder of the need for online reputation management.

Domain typosquatting is in the news again with a recent report that .CM typosquatted sites have received 12 million visits just this year alone! Are you familiar with the basic brand protection strategies that will keep both your customers and brand reputation safe from typosquatting-related threats? Forewarned is forearmed.

Oh no! Your domain registrar closed up shop without telling you?! Now you’re not sure how to retrieve and transfer your domain name?? Take a deep breath. Your domain registrar may have disappeared but your domain certainly hasn’t. We’re here to help with our domain name transfer how-to guide!

Data privacy challenges stemming from a WHOIS database migration, new EU GDPR-related protocols, and pressure from law enforcement agencies took centre stage at ICANN 60. Here’s our resident legal expert, Luc, with more domain industry news from Abu Dhabi.

Renewing your domain name at EuroDNS just got a whole lot easier! Until now, you needed to wait until 60 days prior to the expiry date to renew your domain name. But now that we’ve removed this 60-day limitation, you’re free to renew when you like! See how our new domain renewal options give you more freedom and control.

Donuts recent acquisition of Rightside is good news for customers who have previously had to purchase separate Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) products from each registry. Now, customers only need to purchase one DPML product. Trademark protection just became a whole lot easier.